A checklist of spiders from Yongxing Island, South China Sea, with taxonomic notes on four species of goblin spiders
Yongxing Island (about 1.85 km2) is the largest island of the Xisha Islands. It is located in the Western South China Sea, and belongs to the tropical ocean monsoon climate zone. Yongxing island is quite rich in biological resources, for example, plants and birds have been well documented. However, there are limited reports on spider resources in Yongxing Island.A preliminary checklist of spiders of the Yongxing Island is provided here based on a short term study undertaken in January 2008. A total of 23 species belonging to 21 genera and 11 families were recorded from the area, which forms baseline information of spiders of the Yongxing Island. Among these, Onopidae, Pholcidae, Araneidae and Salticidae were found to be dominant in the area. Brignolia parumpunctata (Simon, 1893), Opopaea apicalis (Simon, 1893), Opopaea deserticola Simon, 1891 and Xyphinus baehrae Kranz-Baltensperger, 2014 were first reported from China during the study, for which we provide taxonomic description in this paper.
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